French President Emmanuel Macron met with billionaire Elon Musk to wrap up his visit to the United States this week.
Macron spent an hour speaking with Musk, the current CEO and owner of Twitter, and the pair discussed a range of topics, from green energy goals to concerns about moderating social media content.
“In accordance with our ambition to decarbonise and reindustrialise France and Europe, I had a discussion today with @elonmusk on future green industrial projects, especially the production of electric vehicles and batteries,” Macron wrote on Twitter of the “clear and honest” talks “. .
“Transparent user policies, significant strengthening of content moderation and protection of freedom of speech: Twitter must make efforts to comply with European regulations,” Macron also wrote after the meeting.
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French President Emmanuel Macron and Elon Musk meet in New Orleans in this undated photo obtained from social media and posted on December 2, 2022.
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The pair met in New Orleans, marking the first French presidential visit to the city since 1976 and only the third since Charles de Gaulle’s famed visit in 1960. Macron has previously met with President Biden and lawmakers, including Kevin McCarthy, on Thursday.
“This state visit allows us to put France, and with France Europe, at the center of the American agenda. This is a good thing,” Macron told reporters in French, according to a translation by pool reporters.
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Attention to social media regulations has become sharper following Musk’s purchase of the social media platform. The weeks following his takeover proved tumultuous, leading to Musk suspending Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, and releasing internal memos relating to Hunter Biden’s laptop report.
French President Emmanuel Macron pictured with controversial New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell in the French Quarter during a diplomatic tour in December 2022.
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Earlier this week Thierry Breton, Europe’s digital policy commissioner, told Musk that Twitter will need to significantly scale up efforts to comply with new rules known as the Digital Services Act that come into effect next year or risk fines. salted or even a ban in the continental bloc.
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Macron highlighted Twitter’s policy changes as a “big deal” during an interview with “Good Morning America,” saying he will push for “more regulation.”
Elon Musk arrives at the Baron Investment Conference at the Metropolitan Opera House on November 4, 2022 in New York City. Employees are bracing for widespread layoffs on Twitter as Musk overhauls the social platform.
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“Freedom of speech and democracy are based on respect and public order. You can demonstrate, you can have freedom of speech, you can write whatever you want, but there are responsibilities and limits,” he said.
Musk has made at least one promise to Macron, assuring the French leader that Twitter will continue to participate in the Christchurch Call to Action Summit, which aims to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online.
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“Elon Musk has confirmed Twitter participation in the Christchurch Call. Terrorist and violent extremist content has no place anywhere,” Macron tweeted.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
